Smartphone Disasters

SMARTPHONE ISASTERS SCARY NUMBERS phones 4u THE BRITISH POPULATION HAS SPENT A WHOPPING £1.2BN ON DAMAGED SMARTPHONES. PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS Hold the phone! I in 4 handsets are damaged from falling out of someone's hand. ARE 37% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WITH A SMARTPHONE ALMOST 3/4 OF PEOPLE WOULD REACH INTO A TOILET BOWL TO SAVE THEIR MOBILE PHONE The kitchen is the most dangerous room in the house for your mobile phone, with almost a 1/4 of all handset accidents happening there. HOW BIZARRE Handset insurers have heard some pretty scary insurance claims for lost or damaged mobiles including: A LADY WHO HAD HER SMARTPHONE STOLEN BY A SEAGULL WHILE WALKING HER DOG ON THE BEACH. A COUPLE RE-ENACTING THE "I'M KING OF THE WORLD!" SCENE FROM TITANIC, WHILE TRYING TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEIR PHONE, DROPPED IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE CRUISE SHIP. A PYROTECHNICIAN ONCE LEFT HIS HANDSET IN THE BLAST ZONE FOR A SHOW AT THE NATIONAL FIREWORKS CHAMPIONSHIPS, RESULTING IN THE DEVICE BEING FLUNG 3000FT INTO THE AIR. HANDSET HORROR STORIES We asked Phones 4u Facebook fans What is your worst ever smartphone disaster?' Here are some of the best (or worst) responses: OH! SO*T! "DRILLED A HOLE THROUGH IT" "DISSOLVED IN ACID" One person jumped into a hot tub with their phone in their pocket.obviously if didn't work afterwards. ERM. DIDN'T DO IT!! "DROPPED MY BLACKBERRY IN A MOP BUCKET" 121. "I KNOCKED MY HUSBAND'S BLACKBERRY IN THE DOG'S WATER BOWL AND I BLAMED THE DOG!" CAUTION We asked readers of the Phones 4u News & Community 'What is the toughest mobile phone you have ever owned?' THE NOKIA 3310 Sources: T-Mobile SquareTrade Mobilelnsurance.co.uk Phones 4u OKM SMARTPHONE ISASTERS SCARY NUMBERS phones 4u THE BRITISH POPULATION HAS SPENT A WHOPPING £1.2BN ON DAMAGED SMARTPHONES. PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS Hold the phone! I in 4 handsets are damaged from falling out of someone's hand. ARE 37% MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WITH A SMARTPHONE ALMOST 3/4 OF PEOPLE WOULD REACH INTO A TOILET BOWL TO SAVE THEIR MOBILE PHONE The kitchen is the most dangerous room in the house for your mobile phone, with almost a 1/4 of all handset accidents happening there. HOW BIZARRE Handset insurers have heard some pretty scary insurance claims for lost or damaged mobiles including: A LADY WHO HAD HER SMARTPHONE STOLEN BY A SEAGULL WHILE WALKING HER DOG ON THE BEACH. A COUPLE RE-ENACTING THE "I'M KING OF THE WORLD!" SCENE FROM TITANIC, WHILE TRYING TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEIR PHONE, DROPPED IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE CRUISE SHIP. A PYROTECHNICIAN ONCE LEFT HIS HANDSET IN THE BLAST ZONE FOR A SHOW AT THE NATIONAL FIREWORKS CHAMPIONSHIPS, RESULTING IN THE DEVICE BEING FLUNG 3000FT INTO THE AIR. HANDSET HORROR STORIES We asked Phones 4u Facebook fans What is your worst ever smartphone disaster?' Here are some of the best (or worst) responses: OH! SO*T! "DRILLED A HOLE THROUGH IT" "DISSOLVED IN ACID" One person jumped into a hot tub with their phone in their pocket.obviously if didn't work afterwards. ERM. DIDN'T DO IT!! "DROPPED MY BLACKBERRY IN A MOP BUCKET" 121. "I KNOCKED MY HUSBAND'S BLACKBERRY IN THE DOG'S WATER BOWL AND I BLAMED THE DOG!" CAUTION We asked readers of the Phones 4u News & Community 'What is the toughest mobile phone you have ever owned?' THE NOKIA 3310 Sources: T-Mobile SquareTrade Mobilelnsurance.co.uk Phones 4u OKM